Articles for Thamsanqa Mbovane
Covid-19: Shack dwellers desperate for water in Uitenhage
Mayoral coordinator promises sanitisers and water
Brief | 9 April 2020
Covid-19: Clinic staff serve patients through a fence in Uitenhage
NEHAWU concerned about lack of patient confidentiality being exercised by staff
Brief | 3 April 2020
Staff protest and students boycott Eastcape Midlands TVET College
Unions and student organisations want lifestyle audit of college management
Brief | 16 March 2020
Hospital general staff down tools
Uitenhage Provincial Hospital management to meet with union on Monday
Brief | 13 March 2020
Covid-19: Washing hands is not easy when you have no running water
“It’s easy to keep your hands clean when you stay in a house because you have a tap inside, but it’s difficult when you have to walk long, tiring distances to fetch water”
By Vincent Lali, James Stent, Nathan Geffen and Thamsanqa Mbovane
News | 12 March 2020
Former PE municipal workers demand jobs
Unions want immediate implementation of 2018 resolution to make workers permanent
Brief | 11 March 2020
Education halted by protests over unpaid NSFAS allowances
Tertiary institutions across the country have experienced weeks of disruption. Some have resumed teaching.
By Karabo Mafolo, Thamsanqa Mbovane, Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik and Nompendulo Ngubane
News | 9 March 2020
Woman raped in public library organises protest to demand better security
About 50 learners from various high schools protested outside Uitenhage Public Library
Brief | 6 March 2020
Staff down tools at Uitenhage clinic
Unions unhappy over stalled refurbishment of the hospital after the health department ran out of money
Brief | 3 March 2020